What Is Tikki Courageous

“I’ve learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” As Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela once said.Rikki Tikki was not afraid because he loves the family and his family loves him.The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is being loved can make some characters have courage. Rikki Tikki is a courageous character in in the story. For example, “Still, the instants delay brought Rikki Tikki up to her, and as she plunged into the rat hole where she and Nag used to live, his little white teeth were clenched on her tail and he went down with her—and very few mongooses, however wise and old they may be, care to follow a cobra into its hole.” (para 96).This demonstrates that Rikki Tikki is a courageous character. This demonstrates his character trait because Rikki Tikki did not let go of Nagaina because he was not afraid.This character helps demonstrate my thesis is because the family loved him, so as Nagaina was going to kill the family, Rikki Tikki fought

To begin with, “He was a mongoose, rather like a little cat in his fur and his tail but quite like a weasel in his head and his habits...“What is the matter?” asked Rikki-tikki.” (para 2 and 19) This implies that this is a piece of anthropomorphism because Rikki Tikki is asking Darzee why was crying. This proves the the theme because he wanted to figure out why Darzee was crying. In addition, “Do you think a snake killer kills muskrats?” said Rikki-tikki scornfully.” (para 38) For this reason, it is an example of anthropomorphism because Rikki Tikki was kind to the Chuchundra. It proves the theme because the Chuchundra thinks that sense Rikki Tikki killed Nag, he’s going to kill him. In short, the author of Rikki Tikki Tavi, by Rudyard Kipling, used anthropomorphism to show the theme of